Arkansas Bill Utility Bills Passes Through House
Posted on Mar 18, 2011 in Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on Arkansas Bill Utility Bills Passes Through House
House Bill 1895 won passage in the Arkansas House of Representatives on Friday in a near unanimous vote. The bill allows the public service commission to hear key aspects of electrical utility projects in separate dockets before the Commission and changes the law on the ability of utilities to declare a particular project exempt from certain regulatory hearing proceedings if the...
Members of Cobb EMC Move to Unseat Board
Posted on Mar 18, 2011 in Corporate Governance | Comments Off on Members of Cobb EMC Move to Unseat Board
Members of Cobb EMC are planning to kick off a petition drive Saturday intended to oust the coop’s board. A group called Take Back Cobb EMC said the board’s decision to re-hire Dwight Brown, the coop’s indicted ex-CEO, is the reason. The group needs to submit signatures from 10 percent of the coop’s 190,000 customers to request the removal of a board member. The Atlanta...
City of Great Falls Files Suit Against Southern Montana Electric
Posted on Mar 17, 2011 in Economic Downturn, Litigation | Comments Off on City of Great Falls Files Suit Against Southern Montana Electric
Following a meeting on Tuesday between Great Falls, Montana, city commissioners and Southern Montana board members to discuss the city’s desire to terminate its membership in the coop, the city has filed a lawsuit against Southern Montana. The city’s electric utility arm is running a more than $4 million deficit, and the lawsuit is the latest development in the ongoing...
Black Hills Energy Proposes New $100 Million Gas-Fired Unit
Posted on Mar 17, 2011 in Environmental, Project Development | Comments Off on Black Hills Energy Proposes New $100 Million Gas-Fired Unit
Black Hills Energy has asked Colorado regulators for permission to build an 88 MW natural gas-fired unit to replace the power from a coal plant the company plans to retire. The new unit would reportedly cost over $100 million. Click here to read an explanation of all the implications of the proposed gas-fired unit.
Ohio County Will Pay Coop to String Fiber-Optic Cable
Posted on Mar 14, 2011 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development | Comments Off on Ohio County Will Pay Coop to String Fiber-Optic Cable
Delaware County, Ohio, is making a $655,000 investment in fiber-optic cable. The county has engaged Consolidated Electric Cooperative to string 288 strands of fiber-optic cable along Route 23. Half will be used by the county and the other half will be operated by the cooperative. The choice to invest in fiber-optics came after county officials were unprepared when asked about their...
City of Great Falls Looks to Withdraw From Southern Montana Coop
Posted on Mar 14, 2011 in Economic Downturn, Financing | Comments Off on City of Great Falls Looks to Withdraw From Southern Montana Coop
Tensions have been rising between the city of Great Falls, Montana, and Billings-based Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative as the city looks for ways to exit from Southern Montana. A special meeting has been set for Tuesday, March 15, between city officials and representatives of Southern Montana to discuss possible exit plans. Southern Montana is...
Arkansas Bill Regarding Turk Plant Moving Forward
Posted on Mar 11, 2011 in Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on Arkansas Bill Regarding Turk Plant Moving Forward
Arkansas House Bill 1895 (related to the John W. Turk Jr. Plant being constructed by Southwestern Electric Power Co. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corp.) has been approved by a House committee. The Arkansas Public Service Commission approved construction of the plant in 2007. However, the Arkansas Supreme Court overturned the commission’s approval, holding that such approval...
New Bern Officials Lobby in Washington
Posted on Mar 10, 2011 in Rates | Comments Off on New Bern Officials Lobby in Washington
New Bern, North Carolina, city officials recently lobbied the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice against potentially higher power rates that may result from a merger of Progress Energy and Duke Power. There has also been a closer examination of the fees that New Bern collects from its power customers. See the Sun Journal for more on the...
East Kentucky Power Cooperative Searches for New Landfill
Posted on Mar 10, 2011 in Environmental | Comments Off on East Kentucky Power Cooperative Searches for New Landfill
East Kentucky Power Cooperative is searching for a permanent landfill for the disposal of the ash generated from four coal-fired generators, which can produce anywhere from 40,000 to 60,000 cubic yards of coal ash per year. The Winchester Sun has the rest of the story.
Bluebonnet Inks Power Purchase Deal with CPS Energy
Posted on Mar 10, 2011 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Bluebonnet Inks Power Purchase Deal with CPS Energy
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative entered into a five-year contract to purchase 10 percent of its electricity from CPS Energy, saving an estimated $2.6 million per year. Brenham Banner Press has additional details.
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